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With a lecture on the "Total Theatre" of WB Yeats, the Institute formally launches its Yeats Initiative

October 21, 2022

The Institute's Yeats Initiative is dedicated to reinvigorating the study and appreciation of one of Ireland's most prolific and influential poets and dramatists.
Three Questions with . . . Niamh Gallagher

September 19, 2022

After devoting herself to the study of World War I, historian Niamh Gallagher of the University of Cambridge is focusing her research and thinking on the role of Ireland and the Irish at the end of the British Empire.
New Award Cycle: Keough-Naughton Library Research Award in Irish Studies for 2023

September 10, 2022

The award provides grant funding to assist scholars who travel to use the collections of the Hesburgh Libraries for research in all aspects of Irish studies. Deadline: 10 November, 12 noon.
Three Questions with . . . Enda Delaney

September 05, 2022

Historian Enda Delaney is on campus to deliver the Cushwa Center's annual Hibernian Lecture. Discover what he is reading and researching. One topic is the “deep” history of the Anthropocene.
The 2022 MacGill Summer School explores the theme: "The Destruction of Ukraine & its People: The Fallout for Mankind"

August 18, 2022

Organized in association with the Clingen Family Center for the Study of Modern Ireland, the theme of this year's MacGill Summer School was "The Destruction of Ukraine & its People: The Fallout for Mankind."
Three Questions with . . . Clíona Ní Ríordáin

July 26, 2022

Read about the life and scholarship of Clíona Ní Ríordáin, University Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3, who will deliver the 2022 Breandán Ó Buachalla Memorial Lecture on Friday 26 August.
Shinjini Chattopadhyay, English PhD 2022 with an Irish studies minor, and contributor to the newly launched The Book About Everything

June 27, 2022

Shinjini Chattopadhyay ('22 PhD English) explores whether 1904 Dublin and modern-day Kolkata are "doubles" in the newly published The Book About Everything, edited by Declan Kiberd, Enrico Terrinoni, and Catherine Wilsdon.
Global Ulysses Dublin: 14 June - 16 June/Launch of The Book About Everything

June 03, 2022

Join us in Dublin for the finale of the three-city Global Ulysses conference, with contributors to a new book on this epic novel: The Book About Everything, edited by Declan Kiberd, Enrico Terrinoni, and Catherine Wilsdon.
Celebrating our 2022 Undergraduate Award Winners: Shea Murphy and Moira Bartlett

May 24, 2022

Irish Studies award winner Shea Murphy will continue her studies in Irish history at the University of Cambridge; Irish Language and Literature award winner Moira Bartlett is headed to NYU's master's program in Irish studies.
Notre Dame's GAA Club wins Nationals in Gaelic football!

May 23, 2022

In April, the Notre Dame Gaelic Athletic Association competed in its first-ever Nationals in Orlando, Florida—winning the national title in Gaelic football and placing second in hurling.
Reflections on this month’s “Beckett Confined” Festival at the University of Liverpool: The perverse but powerful effect of Samuel Beckett’s drama

May 11, 2022

Hope was the overarching sentiment expressed by theater-goers who, just this week, experienced the staging of five Samuel Beckett plays at the University of Liverpool, at a festival at which the Institute was a co-sponsor.
Three Questions with . . . Etain Tannam

April 25, 2022

This month's installment of "Three Questions" features Etain Tannam, Associate Professor International Peace Studies, Trinity College Dublin, who is an expert on cross-border cooperation and British-Irish relations.
New anthology of Irish poetry offers ‘underground perspective’ on history and culture of Ireland

March 18, 2022

“Bone and Marrow,” edited by Prof. Brian Ó Conchubhair and Sam Fisher (PhD Notre Dame), uses poetry to trace Irish history from the 6th century to the present day and is the first anthology of its kind since the 1980s.
Ulysses Goes Global: Notre Dame celebrates 100 years of James Joyce’s masterpiece

March 13, 2022

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the publication of James Joyce's Ulysses, the Institute has launched a series of talks in Rome, Paris, and Dublin . . . all cities in which the novel was conceived, written, and celebrated.
Three Questions with . . . Stephen O'Neill

February 23, 2022

Stephen O'Neill (NEH Fellow 2019-2020), whose research explores the cultural construction of statehood after the establishment of partition in Ireland, is now organizing the conference "100 Years of Self-Determination" at the IMMA.
"Pictures at an Exhibition": Notre Dame's Celebration of the Centenary of James Joyce's Ulysses

February 14, 2022

On February 9th, the Keough-Naughton Institute collaborated with the Hesburgh Libraries to commemorate and celebrate the centenary of James Joyce's Ulysses, often considered the most important novel of the 20th century.
Three Questions with . . . Frank Shovlin

January 28, 2022

Frank Shovlin, University of Liverpool, is the editor of The Letters of John McGahern, published to critical acclaim in Fall 2021. Discover his newest book project, what he is reading, and how he is emerging from the pandemic.
Students embrace new offerings in Irish music and dance, along with all-campus céilí dances

January 21, 2022

With swelling enrollments in music and dance course offerings, the Department of Irish Language and Literature will hold two all-campus céilí dances this term: February 24 and March 31, La Fortune Ballroom.
Gary Murphy's new book: "Haughey"

January 05, 2022

Gary Murphy, Professor of Politics in the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University, and twice a visiting fellow at the Keough-Naughton Institute, has published a long-awaited biography of the Fianna Fáil politician Charles Haughey.
Sonja Tiernan's new book: "Irish Women's Speeches: Voices that Rocked the System"

December 03, 2021

Sonja Tiernan's new book is a record of women who, as Mary Robinson noted in her presidential acceptance speech, “instead of rocking the cradle, rocked the system."

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With a lecture on the "Total Theatre" of WB Yeats, the Institute formally launches its Yeats Initiative

Three Questions with . . . Niamh Gallagher

New Award Cycle: Keough-Naughton Library Research Award in Irish Studies for 2023

Three Questions with . . . Enda Delaney

The 2022 MacGill Summer School explores the theme: "The Destruction of Ukraine & its People: The Fallout for Mankind"

Three Questions with . . . Clíona Ní Ríordáin

Shinjini Chattopadhyay, English PhD 2022 with an Irish studies minor, and contributor to the newly launched The Book About Everything

Global Ulysses Dublin: 14 June - 16 June/Launch of The Book About Everything

Celebrating our 2022 Undergraduate Award Winners: Shea Murphy and Moira Bartlett

Notre Dame's GAA Club wins Nationals in Gaelic football!

Reflections on this month’s “Beckett Confined” Festival at the University of Liverpool: The perverse but powerful effect of Samuel Beckett’s drama

Three Questions with . . . Etain Tannam

New anthology of Irish poetry offers ‘underground perspective’ on history and culture of Ireland

Ulysses Goes Global: Notre Dame celebrates 100 years of James Joyce’s masterpiece

Three Questions with . . . Stephen O'Neill

"Pictures at an Exhibition": Notre Dame's Celebration of the Centenary of James Joyce's Ulysses

Three Questions with . . . Frank Shovlin

Students embrace new offerings in Irish music and dance, along with all-campus céilí dances

Gary Murphy's new book: "Haughey"

Sonja Tiernan's new book: "Irish Women's Speeches: Voices that Rocked the System"